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Calico gaming
Calico gaming





calico gaming

So, now that I’m done talking about how much of an eye-catcher that this game is, how is the game play? First, the rules are incredibly simple. While you could make it work without one, it helps to hold your quilt in place and prevents players from yelling “crap, I just messed everything up.” The board was also nice and chunky. I’m so glad that they decided to go with a recessed board for the game. The patterns are fairly distinct from one another, and there is a symbol on the top of each hex that indicates what color they are supposed to be. Speaking of the colors, they did do some work to try and make things color friendly. Amazing.Īnd there’s a cat that looks just like ours. The kitty on the cover pops and the lovely colors are something else. The art is by the ever amazing Beth Sobel and you can tell. The pictures you see here were just the (very nice) prototype but holy cow, ADORABLE. Review: First off, how freaking cute is this game. Tally up points from the 3 categories above, and the player with the most points wins! Once each player’s board is full, the game is over. If playing a tile triggers bonuses, such as attracting a cat or achieving a button, add those bonuses to your board before drawing a new tile. Draw a new tile from the face-up market.Play a tile from your hand onto any open space on your board.Meet the tile’s requirements with the 6 surrounding tiles (in color, pattern, or both) to score its printed points.

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  • Player boards have 3 goal tiles placed at the beginning of the game.
  • Managed to get a button of each of the 6 colors? Congratulations, that qualifies you to also sew a rainbow button into your quilt!
  • Add buttons to your quilt by making sections of 3+ tiles of the same color.
  • Attract cats to your quilt by meeting their specific requirement in one of their paired patterns (such as a line of 3 or a grouping of 5).
  • Mechanisms: Pattern building, Set collection, Tile placementĭescription: Calico sees players sewing quilts of varying colors and patterns in an attempt to score points in the following ways: Disclaimer: This preview is from a prototype copy of the game that was provided by Flatout Games to Open Seat Gaming, but opinions are our own based on several plays of the game.







    Calico gaming